Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22971, Elijah Dresser, Mass.

SERVICE
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Dresser, Elijah Sarah
W 22971
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1385- Maine
Elijah Duper Turner in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Richardson of the Reg't commanded by Col. Whitcomb in the Massachusett line for 9 mos —
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of November 1832 and sent to Pensioner Turner Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. $ 4 57 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Mar 1833 1 50 $ 6 07
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Duleach Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 54

375.
Maine
Sarah Dresser widow of Elijah Dresser Maj who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 - day of June 1848 and sent to
Hon. F. Clark H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 1
Reported
Date of death not as at

State of Maine } Oxford County } S.S.
On this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1845, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said county, Sarah Dresher, a resident of Turner in said county of Oxford, aged Eighty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, March 3. 1843 June 17. 1844 and its joint resolution of the 23 d of January 1845, - That she is the widow of Elijah Dresher, who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution that he was a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of Thirty dollars per Annum, that she was married to the said Elijah Dresher on or about the 11. th day of February 1779, in the town of Sterling Mass, and that Esq Wilden of Lancaster Solemnized the Marriage, that previous to her Marriage her name was Sarah Houghton - That her husband the aforesaid Elijah Dresher died at said Turner on the 19 th day of April 1845, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 - to wit at the time above stated - and that she still remains a widow & unmarried, and for proof of the service of her late husband the aforesaid Dresher she would refer the

Department to the evidence accompanying his declaration on which he obtained his release under the Act of 1832 as before stated.
Attest Lot Paine
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Sealed & delivered in open Court this day and year above written Before Francis Piccus Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss: I the Subscribe Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Symon Ransom, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid, and the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Sarah Dyer for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Tuesday second day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty six.
Geo. S. Emery Register

United STATES OF America.
Maine District, ss.
ON this 14 day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the District Court for the District of Maine now sitting, Elijah Dresser a resident of Tariffville in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 82 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the first place
Declaration of Elijah Dresser No 3212 about 1000 pounds per year and pension
He declares, that he was born in what is now called Hastings in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts , in November 1750, being now nearly 82 years of age, and that he was living there at the commencement of the American Revolutionary war; and that previous to the open rupture between this & the Mother Country, he enlisted as a minute man, and in that capacity, marched on the nineteenth of April 1775 (the day of the Battle of Lexington) to Cambridge, Mass. under the command of Capt Samuel Sawyer of Lancaster, and there remained until the fall of May same year, when he enlisted as a soldier for the term of Eight months , in Capt Ephraim Richardson's company, the first and second Lieutenants of which were Seth Howard and Ephraim Boynton, and the field officers of the Regiment were Col Asa Whitecomb, Lt Col. Whitney and Maj. Ephraim Sawyer. The Generals in command, as far as he can recollect were Generals Ward, Putnam, Gervais and Sullivan; and General Washington as Commander in Chief. On the 17 th day of June that year he was called into action on Bunker Hill, and was there engaged with the enemy until ordered to retreat; that he was stationed before Bunker Hill battle at Cambridge Mass, afterwards for 5 or 6 months on Prospect Hill. That Capt Richardson died in October 1775 of a fever, and that Lt Howard from that time was in command of his said company, until the expiration of his term of enlistment, which was on Jan'y 1. 1776, and that he was then discharged and returned home. The next term of service in which he was engaged, was in the year 1777, about the last of September, when he enlisted into a company of militia of Massachusetts, under the command of Capt. Fortunatus Dyer for thirty days, and that he marched under him, the second day after his said enlistment direct for the enemy then at or near Saratoga, and that he was for several days at Fort Edward, and also at Fort Miller, and then at Saratoga, and was there when Genl. Burgoyne surrendered to our forces on the 17 th of October same year. On the 18 th , the next day he was discharged and reached home the 24 th of the same month, having been absent nearly thirty days. That the three preceding terms of service were all that were performed by him. That he knows of no record of his age; and that he had a discharge at the end of the eight months, has lost it that he can refer to the Rev Allen Greeley, and the Hon Luther Lary of his neighborhood, as having full knowledge of his character for veracity, and their belief of his revolutionary services. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his aforesaid services. That he did in 1818 procure the testimony of two individuals, to his said services, but that said testimony was committed to the hands of the Hon Luther Lary, and is now lost, as will appear by his affidavit herewith.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
As signed & sworn to before me Aug 14 1832 Elijah Dresser Arthur W. Weston Judge of the U.S. Dist. Ct. Maine

We, Allen Greely, of Turner, in the County of Oxford, Clerk, & Luther Crary Esq. of said Turner, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Dresher, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be upwards of eighty years old, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Allen Greely. Pastor of the Congregational Church in Turner, Maine. Luther Crary
State of Maine.
Oxford S.S. Augt 13. 1832.
Subscribed & Sworn to before me, William K. Foster, Justice of Peace.

I Luther Gary of Tunne in the county of Oxford & State of Maine, on Oath declare, that I was some years since en- trusted, by Elijah Dresher of said Tunne, and the identical man who makes the foregoing declaration, with the evidence of Col. Timothy Killburn and Israel Manning both of Sterling in the county of Worcester, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and which was duly taken before a reputable magistrate there; and whose evidence went to show, very clearly, that the said Dresher was a soldier in the American Army of the Revolution from May 1. 1775. to Jan'y 1. 1776. the period of Eight Months ; and that it also embraced the term of Thirty days enlistment, when he the said Dresher marched in 1777 to the place of the capture of Burgoyne. Said testimony was procured, by the said Dresher, under my advice in 1818. and was committed to my custody as aforesaid, and is now lost. — Luther Gary. Tunne Augt. 14. 1832.
State of Maine. Oxford S.S. Augt. 14. 1832. Subscribed & Sworn to Before me W m K. Foster Justice of Peace.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Allen Greeley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in said Turner, and that the Hon Luther Sargent, who has also signed the same, is a resident of said Turner, and is a respectable person, and that their aforesaid statement, is entitled to credit.
I John Nussey Clerk of the District Court for Maine District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Elijah Dresher for a pension. And that Wm H. Pease Esq. who took the annexed depositions of Allen Greeley & Luther Sargent is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified and that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth eighteenth day of August A. D. 1832.
John Nussey Clerk.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that Allen Greeley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said Turner, and that the Hon. Luther Gary, who has also signed the same, is a resident of said Turner, and is a respectable person, and that their aforesaid statement, is entitled to credit.
I John Nussey Clerk of the District Court for Maine do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Eliza Dresser for a pension. And that Wm. Porter Ely who took the annexed depositions of Allen Greeley & Luther Gary is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth eighteenth day of August A. D. 1832.
John Nussey Clerk.

March 23, 1933
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BA-J/BEL
Elijah Dresser-W.22971 Levi Dresser- S.17934
Annie P. Corson 12 Brewster Road Framingham, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elijah, Levi, John and Jonathan Dresser, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Due to the great pressure of current work and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer. The histories of Elijah and Levi Dresser are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension.
Elijah Dresser W.22971
Elijah Dresser was born in November, 1750, in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Sterling, before the Revolutionary War, he enlisted in a company of minutemen and on the alarm of April 19, 1775, the day of the battle of Lexington, he marched in that capacity, under Captain Samuel Sawyer, to Cambridge, where he remained until May 5, 1775, when he enlisted and served as a private in Captain Ephraim Richardson's Company and after the death of his captain in October, 1775, under Lieutenant Seth Howard, in Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill and served eight months; he again enlisted the latter part of September, 1777, served one month in Captain Fortunatus Eager's Massachusetts Company and was at Saratoga when General Burgoyne surrendered.
I identified Capt Richardson as of Col Whitcomb's Regt. Did not find Seth Howard in Hist. Mass but he is in Mass. for as Lt. but not this serv
Capt Fortunatus Eager is in Mass. book. soldier spelled it Eager.

Elijah Dresser moved from Sterling, Massachusetts, to Turner, Oxford County, Massachusetts(Maine), about February, 1802.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while residing at said Turner, where he died April 19, 1845.
The soldier married February 11, 1779, in Sterling, Massachusetts, Sarah Houghton.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed September 18, 1845, at which time she was aged eighty-eight years and resided in Turner, Maine.
In 1846, son John Dresser was aged sixty-six years and son Tyrus Dresser was aged fifty-nine years. Both were then residents of Turner, Maine. The names of no other children are given.
In 1845, one Samuel Houghton was a Justice of the Peace for Worcester County, Massachusetts; no relationship to Sarah Houghton Dresser was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Sarah Dresser, widow of Elijah Dresser (W.22971), you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Sarah Dresser, Certificate No. 375, issued June 21, 1848, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Maine Agency.
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Levi Dresser S. 17934
Levi Dresser was born February 24, 1762 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.
While residing in Fryeburg, York(later Oxford) County, Massachusetts(Maine), he enlisted the last of April, 1780, served in

Captains Andrew Pepperrell Fernald and Johnson's Massachusetts Company and was discharged the following winter having served eight months; he stated that a part of the time during this tour, he acted as waiter to Captain Fernald and for nine days was one of General Arnold's life guard; he enlisted in the spring of 1781, and served five months in Captain King's Massachusetts Company, marched to Saratoga, and was placed in General John Stark's life guard; about April 1, 1782, he enlisted, served as corporal and acting sergeant under Lieutenant Stephen Farington; went to Bethel on the Androscoggin River for the defense of the frontier, where he remained until December following, when he returned home for the winter, and in the following spring again went to Bethel and served under Lieutenant Stephen Farington until the middle of the next December when he was discharged.
Levi Dresser resided at Fryeburg, Massachusetts(Maine) until about the year 1802, when he moved to Lovell, Oxford County, Massachusetts(Maine), of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832.
He died October 13, 1856.
There are no data as to his family.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
No. 22971
Sarah Dresser widow of Elijah Dresser Pr. Rev War
Act Feb 29 th 48
Box: Vol A , Page 196
[Arrangement of 1890.]

March 2, 1896. Soldier pensioned to W. H. Dresser Esq Boston, Mass
1933 Mar 28 - List to Annie P. Conson Esq

V 12.492 Santa Draper me Ed. to Van J. McFate Feb 14. '46 Ed to Name March 2. '46

Reported
Maine 195
Sarah Dresser widow of Elijah Dresser who was a Private in the Revolution
husband died 19 th April, 1845.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1844. 19 th April, 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May, 1846 and sent to
Wm. S. M'Graw, No 3 of Repts
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 3 Page 2

12,492
ad 44 258
Po Feb. 6. 1846.
Sarah Dreiser
Mo
Act. 7. July 38
m before 94—
Replied husband died 19 th April 1845

I, Samuel Sawyer of Sterling in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years—do testify & say, that I was present at the Marriage of Elijah Druiser and Sarah Houghton, which was solemnized in this town in the early part of the year One thousand seven hundred & seventy 1 st . by Esq r . Wilder, who I think then resided in Lancaster Ma. And that said Druiser, removed with his family from this town to the then District of Maine about thirty years years ago.
I further testify that the store of Moses Smith of this town, who then held the office of Town Clerk, was destroyed by fire, sometime in the fall of 1794 & it was then reported that all the Town Records were burnt. & having held all the Offices in town within their gift of any consequence since that time, I, & my associates have understood or acted accordingly.
Sam l . Sawyer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts—
Worcester ss: October 31 1855. Then personally appeared Samuel Sawyer a credible witness & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed, before me
Sam l . Houghton justice of peace,

No 12492 Sarah O'Dresser widow of Elyah Mr act 7 July 1838
Rejected hist. aid 19 April 1845
Adm act 17 June 1844 9 mo sum $30 00 per ann
from 19 April 1845
Hon John McCreath House of Reps,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall , Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Samuel Houghton, Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificates on the depositions of Thomas H. Blood and Samuel Sawyer , — hereunto annexed, is genuine; and that said Houghton was such Justice, on the day of the date of his said certificates.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of said County, this thirtyfirst day of December , in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- five .
Jos. G. Kendall Adm.

I, Thomas H. Blood Depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Sterling & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that I have made diligent search; but have not been able to find any record of the Marriage of Elijah Dresser & Sarah Houghton. — I further testify & say, that the Original records of said town were destroyed by fire, in the night following the night twenty seventh of September in the year seventeen hundred & ninety four — And written in records of said town in plain legible characters as follows — All Records belonging to the town of Sterling from the time it was incorporated to the 7th of September A D 1794 were destroyed by fire in Moses Smiths Store in the night following said day.
I further testify & say that I was at the fire of said Store and it was said, at the time & ever since, that the said records were burnt as stated. Said Smith was then Town Clerk.
T. H. Blood.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss: Oct 31 1845. Then personally appeared T. H. Blood Town Clerk of the town of Sterling MS and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed, before me
Sam l Houghton justice of peace

I John Dresher of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged sixty six years, testify and say that I am the Son of Elijah Dresher late of this town deceased, that he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier in the battle at "Bunker Hill" & the taking of Burgoyne - that he removed from Sterling Mass. into this town thirty four years ago - that he died on the nineteenth day of April last past and that he left a widow by the name of Sarah Dresher who still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in Turner aforesaid John Dresher
State of Maine } Oxford County } ss. January 17. 1846 Then personally appeared John Dresher a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed. Before Me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

I Tyrus Dresser of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged fifty nine years, depose and say that I am the son of Elijah Dresser late of this town deceased, that he was reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, that he removed from the town of Sterling Mass. to the town of Turner aforesaid. Thirty four years ago last February that he died on the nineteenth day of April last past, and that he left a widow by the name of Sarah Dresser who still remains unmarried and now resides in said Turner                      Tyrus Dresser
State of Maine
Oxford County - ss. January - 17 th 1876
Then personally appeared Tyrus Dresser and Made Datt, to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed, he being a credible witness -
Before Me Job Prinner, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Osford ss
I Charles Andrews Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, That Job Prince Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly com- missioned and qualified; and that his sig- nature to the certificates on the depositions of Tyrus Dresser and John Dresser herunto annex- ed, is genuine; and that said Prince was such Justice, on the day of the date of his said certifi- cates
Given under my hand, and seal of said County, this twenty third day of January in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and forty six
Charles Andrews Clerk

House of Representatives, Washington Feb 5. 1846
Sir Herewith I send you the applications of Mrs Sarah Drenon of Turner Me. & Daniel * Greenlee of Phillipsburg Me. - for Pensions - with accompanying papers - Respectfully Your Ob d Serv t J. L. Edwards Esq. Com of Pensions J. D. W.
* Invalid - papers taken out J. D. W.

House of Representatives, Washington Feb 25. 1846.
Sir
Some days since, I forwarded to you the papers in the case of Sarah Drennan applicant for a Pension Pension, to which I had an answer from you, making certain inquiries of the Sec State of Mass. That Letter I forwarded to Mr Palfrey the officer above named, to which I have received the inclosed Letter in answer - asking for the name of the Husband of Mrs Sarah Drennan, not having the name, and same is contained in the papers transmitted by me to you.
You will oblige me by giving me the name as requested in the inclosed Letter.
I oblige Yours Respectfully
To J. L. Edward Esq. Com of Pensions 2
John D. Sleeper

Pension Office, February 14 th 1846.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Sarah Drape has been examined, and the proof of marriage before 1794 deemed satisfactory; but the alleged service of eight months in 1775 under Col. Pickardson, and one month in 1777 under Col. Fortunate Alger, should be verified by rolls in the Office of the Secretary of Massachusetts, which have been discovered since the adjustment of her husband's claim. The transmission of this letter to John G. Palfrey, Esq. Secretary of State of Mass. will procure the evidence required without any fee of Office.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Ob. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Wm. J. M c Crute House of Reps.

State Office, March 2nd 1846.
Sir,
In order to supply the omission in my letter to you of the 14 th ultimo, I have the honor to inform you that the husband of Sarah Drepa was named Elijah Drepa.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully, Your Hon. Servt. J. L. Edwards
I enclose you the above in answer to yours of the 21 st ultimo.
John G. Palfrey Esq. Sec State Mass.
Respectfully Yours &c J. D. D. Brats >
Wm. S. McCrate,
House of Representatives

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
April 27. 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Elijah Massey of Lancaster, is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Ephraim Richardson's Company, in Col Asa Whitecomb's Regt in the Eight Months Service as a private, from April 26 to August 1, 1775. 3 Months & 13 days. probably Erastus is included. — Upon a Return of said Company, in said Regt, as a Corporal , no service named. Said Return is dated October 6, 1775. No Coat Roll of said Company. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Portunatus Eager's Company, in Col Ephraim Sawyer's regt, as a private, from March 2 to 18 1777 including allowance of 160 Miles travel, 23 days. Upon a Pay Abstract of Capt Solomon Stearns's Company, in Col Josiah Whitney's regt.

on an alarm at Bennington As a private from August 21 1777. 15 days — The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the names shown by the Military Records in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the papers  application hereto annexed were  was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said papers  applica- cation , and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Barron, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

House of Reps June 19. 1848.
Sir
Herewith please find Declarations of Sarah Dyer Sarah Shaw Mercy Holmes and Maria Churchill under the act of Feb'y 2 1848. in order to obtain pensions will you do me the favour to give me your decision with your usual promptness and Obey Your Obedient Servant Matthew Clark.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions Washington D.C.

name Sarah Drennan
admitted
Hon H. Clark HofR

State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss.
On this Thirteenth day of June 1878 Personally appeared before me Job Prince a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Dresser, a resident of Turner in the County of Oxford age ninety one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the second day of February 1878, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; - That she is the widow of Elijah Dresser, who was a Private in the Revolution, and for proof of the service of her late husband she would refer the Department to her former declaration and the evidence accompanying the same, upon which she obtained a Pension of Thirty dollars per Annum under the Act of June 17th. 1874. She further declares she is still a widow. witness } Elijah H Dresser Sarah her Dresser Mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named declarant, (with whom I am personally acquainted) on the day and year first above written.
Before Me
Job Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that John D. Sleeper whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Sarah D. Sleeper is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this fifteenth day of June A. D., 1845
Charles A. Duncanson CLERK.

12 Brewster Road, Framingham, Mass., March 9, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the information appearing on the records for pension of the following persons;- Revolutionary War .
✓ Elijah Dresser , Oxford County, Me., Nov. 2, 1832 aged 83 years.
✓ Levi Dresser , of Oxford County, Me., July 17, 1833 aged 33 years.
Can you also tell me if ✓ John Dresser , born July 9, 1735 and who married Jane Harriman in Rowley, Mass., was a pensioner; and also ✓ Jonathan Dresser who married Sarah Foster , Nov. 28, 1748, of Andover, Mass. He was a Revolutionary soldier and moved to Fryeburg, Maine. Any information you maybe able to give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
Annie P. Corson Annie P. Corson.
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